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| === For Windows Users === | | === For Windows Users === |
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| + | Persons using PCs running Windows have two options for creating a Sugar/Blueberry USB flash drive: |
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| + | ::'''Option #1: Use LiveUSB Creator from within Windows to create a Sugar-on-a-Stick Live USB with a compressed filesystem.''' |
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| # Stop your flash drive using the '''Safely Remove Hardware''' dialog and eject it. | | # Stop your flash drive using the '''Safely Remove Hardware''' dialog and eject it. |
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| + | ::'''Option #2: (ADVANCED USERS ONLY) Create a bootable Sugar/Blueberry USB flash drive that does not have a compressed filesystem.''' This option requires at least a 4GB drive. |
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| + | ::::'''WARNING: MAKING A MISTAKE IN THIS PROCEDURE COULD WIPE YOUR PC'S HARD DISK!!!!''' |
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| + | ::# In Windows, download the latest version of the [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso Live CD image], and burn the image to a CD. |
| + | ::# Follow the instructions [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/ZyX-LiveInstaller here] to create the bootable Sugar/Blueberry USB flash drive by (i) booting the PC into Sugar with the CD and (ii) running ZyX-LiveInstaller within the Terminal activity. You will also need a spare, blank (or erasable) USB flash drive -- preferably manufactured by a different manufacturer than the target USB -- to use as a swap drive during the procedure. Any data on the swap drive will be wiped. |
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| Notes: | | Notes: |
− | * If you do this often, you may want to download the Blueberry [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso CD Image] once. Then, when it comes to create the flash drive, hit the Browse button and select the downloaded file rather than selecting "Blueberry" from the menu as above. | + | |
| + | * If you do Option #1 often, you may want to download the Blueberry [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso CD Image] once. Then, when it comes to create the flash drive, hit the Browse button and select the downloaded file rather than selecting "Blueberry" from the menu as above. |
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| + | * Option #1 creates an SoaS that cannot detect when its drive space eventually runs out, causing stick failure. |
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| + | * Option #2 creates a more-robust, more-stable drive whose free space can be monitored using the Terminal activity. Non-compressed SoaS drives, however, are not bootable with a boot helper CD. |
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| === For GNU/Linux Users === | | === For GNU/Linux Users === |